US Politics

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
El-Sayed Is the Arab Obama
11 Aug 2026
The Democratic Party will recalibrate its messaging after its well-funded senate candidate in a Michigan primary lost to Abdul El-Sayed, who by his own admission is a capitalist, not a socialist, and…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Why The Democrat Party’s Precipitous Slide from De Facto to De Jure Racism Should Surprise No One
11 Aug 2026
“...when I talk about our political institutions, there is no reason for any American to continue to be victimized by what we still refer to as the Republican and Democratic parties…We don’t have to…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
"Real Talk" from Kamala Harris on the Voting Rights Act Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
04 Aug 2026
The evisceration of the Voting Rights Act is of great concern to Black voters. But most of them are affiliated with the Democratic Party, whose leadership have no real interest in making it a…
Anthony Rogers-Wright
The Commodification of Social Justice: (Or, Saving the Data Center Subject from the Elite Capture of the Climate Industry)
04 Aug 2026
There is near unanimity of opinion against data centers in the U.S. But elitist and compromised environmental groups and the climate industry should not lead this fight.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
What’s with a Pomade Man’s testosterone obsession?
04 Aug 2026
"What’s with a Pomade Man’s testosterone obsession?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence
Julia Wright
A Tribute to Johanna Fernandez
04 Aug 2026
Johanna Fernandez left a powerful and revolutionary legacy through her scholarship and activism.
Stevie Wilson
When I Heard of the Passing of Johanna Fernandez
04 Aug 2026
Johanna Fernandez touched many lives through her scholarship, activism, and belief that people themselves can change history and be "the ones we've been waiting for."
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Neoliberalism to Trumpism: The Re-Normalization of White Supremacy as State Ideology
29 Jul 2026
The crisis of late-stage capitalism has stripped away the liberal disguise and revealed white supremacy as the official ideology of the U.S. state.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
U.S. Support of Israel is Absolutely an Issue of Affordability and Economic Populism…So Why Won’t the Democrats Discuss it as Such?
29 Jul 2026
The Democratic Party's continued support for Israel's genocide is not just a moral and political liability but also an economic one which impacts its voters, yet the party refuses to frame it as such…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
hand ‘em another $350 billion to fight Communism?
29 Jul 2026
"hand ‘em another $350 billion to fight Communism?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.